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CNBC annual Top States for Business is coming up. A look at what is measured in comparing states, with CNBC's Scott Cohn.
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A House oversight report says the NLRB appear to have turned into a voice for unions. Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-CA), weighs in.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 17- The U.S. Senate on Monday began debating a $60.4 billion aid bill to rebuild communities devastated by Superstorm Sandy amid criticism by conservative groups who said the measure was loaded with wasteful, non-disaster spending. The Democratic-controlled Senate is looking to pass the disaster aid bill this week.
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*GM had 164- day supply of Malibus on Dec. 1- Automotive News. DETROIT, Dec 17- General Motors Co idled the Kansas plant that makes the Chevrolet Malibu on Dec. 3 and will not reopen it until Jan. 7 in an attempt to cut into the hefty supply of the midsize sedan, said a source familiar with the situation.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan up 0.2 pct, Nikkei opens up 0.2 pct. TOKYO, Dec 18- Asian shares crept higher on Tuesday, tracking the overnight gains in U.S. stocks on optimism for progress in resolving the U.S. budget crisis before the year-end deadline.
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TOKYO, Dec 18- U.S. crude futures rose for a third day on Tuesday on hopes that Washington could be edging closer to a deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, which threatens to push the world's biggest oil user into recession and dent energy demand.
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Frank Lavin, Former U.S. Ambassador to Singapore discusses potential impacts of Vice-Premier Wang Qishan's visit for both China and the U.S. He says Wang Qishan needs to establish a new line of communication on financial and economic issues.
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*Climate impact of project already studied, TransCanada CEO says. CALGARY, Alberta, Dec 17- The prospect of a new U.S. secretary of state favoring tougher carbon policy should not worsen the odds of the Keystone XL oil pipeline being approved, the chief executive of TransCanada Corp, the contentious project's proponent, said on Monday.
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Dec 17- Some 150 developing countries, led by China, have been the source of flows of tainted money totaling $5.9 trillion over 10 years through 2010, Global Financial Integrity, a research and advocacy group in Washington, D.C., said on Monday.
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*India, Indonesia, Philippines, Nigeria now in top 10. WASHINGTON, Dec 17- Crime, corruption and tax evasion have cost the developing world nearly $6 trillion over the past decade, and illicit funds keep growing, led by China, a financial watchdog group said in a new report.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 17- Nielsen Holdings NV, the television viewership measurement company, said on Monday it will partner with Twitter to publish a new set of ratings that measure chatter on Twitter about TV programming.
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- Two former hedge fund managers were convicted on Monday of illegal trading in Dell Inc stock based on secret information supplied by research analysts, the latest in a string of Wall Street insider-trading convictions.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 17- The International Monetary Fund said Ireland could delay some of the budget cuts required under its bailout program if the country's economy grows more slowly than expected next year.
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TOKYO, Dec 18- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to trade in a range on Tuesday after climbing to an 8-1/ 2- month high in the previous session on the landslide election win by the conservative Liberal Democratic Party.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 17- Nielsen Holdings NV, the television viewership measurement company, said on Monday it will partner with Twitter to publish a new set of ratings that measure chatter on Twitter about TV programming.
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A federal jury in Manhattan found Todd Newman, a former portfolio manager at Diamondback Capital Management, and Anthony Chiasson, co-founder of Level Global Investors, guilty of securities fraud.
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Boeing said it will raise its dividend 10 percent and resume share repurchases after suspending them in 2009.
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WILMINGTON, Del, Dec 17- Ancestry.com Inc must provide more details about the $1.6 billion sale of the genealogy website before its shareholders vote on the acquisition by private equity firm Permira Investment Advisors, a Delaware judge ruled on Monday.
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NEW YORK, Dec 17- The yen dropped to a 20- month low against the U.S. dollar on Monday after Japan's Liberal Democratic Party won a landslide election victory that leaders promise will usher in aggressive monetary easing policies to weaken the currency.
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Best, the major rater of insurance companies, raised its estimated losses by $10 billion, saying that property and casualty insurers are incurring about $2 billion in losses each year while paying out $2.5 billion.
